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Date:   Sat, 5 Jul 2014 21:17:40 -0700
Reply-To:   Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:   Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: AFM Video
Comments:   To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
In-Reply-To:   <vanagon%2014070518352648@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Right, ok. I get it. So even if idle uneven, it's moot.

When I "danced with the devil" ** loosening and shifting the AFM wiper board, I noted that the wiper tension to board is pretty minimal. That wiper is a somewhat delicate flower.

In my hands it nearly became a twisted weed. ;)

Neil.

** this procedure is claimed to provide the AFM wiper with new resistive material to wipe against.

On 7/5/14, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At 05:06 PM 7/5/2014, Neil N wrote:

>>idle can cause undue wear and tear on the AFM resistive strip?

> The ones I've seen (not that many really, probably fewer than ten) > have all oscillated over a short arc whilst at idle. If that's what > you mean I have trouble seeing how it could be avoided without > altering mass or damping or both of the vane, as unless I'm wrong the > vane is quick enough to couple into the intake tract pulsations at idle > speed.

-- Neil n

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